Stefan Mileschin

Too sexy from Milan

An Italian company's hacking tools were good enough to take down Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, according to Google.

Milan-based RCS Lab who is hired byy European law enforcement agencies developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices, the report said.

Google is obviously miffed and called on European and American regulators to bring in new rules over the sale and import of spyware. Google said it had taken steps to protect users of its Android operating system and alerted them about the spyware.

"These vendors are enabling the proliferation of dangerous hacking tools and arming governments that would not be able to develop these capabilities in-house," Google said.

Apple spokesperson said the company had revoked the accounts and certificates associated with this hacking campaign.

https://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/550...le-and-android